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Bug 176940

Summary: Kernel: [UDP]: Do not allow specific bind when wildcard bind exists (CVE-2007-2480)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) <jaervosz>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=de34ed91c4ffa4727964a832c46e624dd1495cf5
Whiteboard: [linux < 2.6.22][gp < 2.6.22-1]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-03 18:38:26 UTC
[UDP]: Do not allow specific bind when wildcard bind exists.
 
 When allocating local ports, do not allow a bind to a port
 with a specific local address when a bind to that port with
 a wildcard local address already exists.
 
 Noticed by Linus.
Comment 1 unnamedrambler 2008-03-08 19:43:15 UTC
metadata: 
de34ed91c4ffa4727964a832c46e624dd1495cf5

[linux < 2.6.22][gp < 2.6.22-1]